Man, wait until this mayor finds out about how many people get killed by cars between 8pm and 4am
This has to be the dumbest elected leadership seeking approval from the dumbest in society.
Reading the Houston city council discussion, it looks like they intend to curfew standup (platform) e-scooters. But the ordinance uses the term “micromobility device”, which is not really a legal definition of anything, and could include lots of things (even 50cc scooters). Hopefully the ordinance could be amended to clarify.
Since the vast majority of these will be app-rented e-scooters (ERYD/Lime), and those companies already operate under franchise agreements with the city, it seems like the easier path would be to put hours-of-operation limits on the rental companies.
Not that I think limiting e-scooters is a good idea, either.
That’s ok, I’m sure anyone using them for transportation can easily use Houston’s excellent subway, right?
Ahh, one of those websites that continually redraws the content to try to display more ads
I really should move that up My priority list. I even have an extra raspberry pi I could use for that
I run it on my NAS in a docker
The noscript browser extension can be handy on sites like that.
(I set the default to be trusted though, otherwise too many sites break)
I wish. Apple lets me set automatic reader mode which usually helps, but sites like this seem intentionally broken for that.
I wonder if there’s a racial or class component here. Can’t have the poors or the DEIs getting around. /s
I don’t know what it’s like in Houston and I know it’s known for being car centric but where I live the Uber eats / door dash / whatever economy basically runs on those ebikes.
You can also guess the type of person riding them.
Does this include all types of mobility devices like the one below?
Iowa just tried to pass a bill that would ban all bicycles - not just e-bikes - from any road that has a speed limit over 25 mph (public response was loud and immediate so they scrapped it).
We’re going to see more of these.
Just to help show how stupid of an idea it is (and how little the republicans in charge think about anything) it would have banned ragbrai.
RAGBRAI, The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is an annual seven-day bicycle ride across the state from July 18-25, 2026. RAGBRAI is the oldest, largest, and longest recreational bicycle touring event in the world.
This rolling celebration of Iowa attracts participants from all 50 states and many foreign countries. It has covered thousands of miles through the years, and hundreds of thousands of riders have hopped in the saddle to pedal part of those miles.
Fortunately, the ragbrai issue really helped boost visibility/outage, but yeah. I can’t help but wonder if the people who penned this thing knew that going in, or are truly so incompetent they didn’t consider it as a consequence.
They are the same ones surprised no one wants to go to the institute of freedom they forced one of the universities to implement
If there was an extensive bike network instead of John Forster bullshit vehicular cycling, it would make a lot of sense.
But Iowa doesn’t have bicycle infrastructure.
My city alone has over 150 miles of bike trail. Compared to other rural US states (it’s an admittedly low bar) our bike infrastructure is actually pretty good, and the statewide biking community is extremely involved and active. It’s one of the few things keeping me here.
They need to enforce where they can ride. The sidwalk going 30mph is not the correct answer.
Jealous if the freedom this bike curfew affords them down in Texas
This is just another excuse for cops to fine/arrest/oppress people. Utter bullshit.
Small government eh?
Lett’s pretend these aren’t the tool of choice of dealers and just get angry at the man.
drug dealers are awesome tho
